Journal
What a slipmat does, how to keep a record alive, and what we learn making them.
Custom slipmats for bars, clubs and venues
What a run costs, what the minimum is, and what to send us.
How do you clean a slipmat?
A lint roller, dry, in about ten seconds a week.
What size slipmat do you need?
A twelve inch record is 302 mm across. The mat should sit just inside it.
Do slipmats improve sound quality?
What a mat actually changes, and how much of it reaches your ears.
Why do my records pick up static, and what stops it?
One physical effect, plus dry air. The dry air is the part you can change.
Why does my record skip, and how do you stop it?
A skip is either in the record or in the setup, and one test tells you which.
Why do DJs use slipmats?
One piece of felt turned a playback machine into an instrument.
Do you need two slipmats, or is one enough?
One mat per platter. The question is really how many platters you have.
Does slipmat thickness matter?
The mat sets the height of the record, which makes thickness a geometry decision.
Slipmat, turntable mat or platter mat: is there a difference?
Three names, one object, and three different people looking for it.
Felt or rubber: which turntable mat should you use?
Felt slips and rubber grips. That one difference decides nearly everything else.
What is a slipmat, and do you actually need one?
The disc of felt between your record and the platter is doing more work than it looks like it is.